Market Segmentation Analysis

Sara Dolnicar is Professor at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Her core research interests are the improvement of market segmentation methodology and the testing and refinement of measures used in social science research. Because her key research interests are not tied to any particular application area, she has contributed to a range of different applied research areas, including sustainable tourism and tourism marketing, environmental volunteering, foster caring, and public acceptance of water alternatives and water conservation measures.Friedrich Leisch is Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. His research interests lie in statistical computing, multivariate statistics, cluster analysis, mixture models, generalized regression, biostatistics; software development, and statistical applications in life and business sciences.Bettina Grün is Associate Professor at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. Her research focuses on mixture models, statistical computing with R, market segmentation methods, and statistical applications in tourism and marketing.

• Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Market segmentation.- Chapter 2. Market segmentation analysis.- Part II. Ten steps of market segmentation analysis.- Chapter 3. STEP 1: Deciding (not) to segment.- Chapter 4. STEP 2: Specifying the ideal target segment.- Chapter 5. STEP 3: Collecting data.- Chapter 6. STEP 4: Exploring data.- Chapter 7. STEP 5: Extracting segments.- Chapter 8. STEP 6: Profiling segments.- Chapter 9. STEP 7: Describing segments.- Chapter 10. STEP 8: Selecting (the) target segment(s).- Chapter 11. STEP 9: Customising the marketing mix.- Chapter 12. STEP 10: Evaluation and monitoring.